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VIII.
Royal
Commentarie1.
Huayna
Cap~c
leaving
!&itu,
proceeded to another Province called
~illacenca:>
which fignifies a
Nofe of Irori ; becaufe
th~y
boared the
Bri~ge
w
hic~1
paffes
be–
tween the Nofirils, to hang a Jewel, or a piece of Gold or Silver, which reached
to their Lip : the
Inca
found thefe to be a fordid, vile people, almo!l: all naked,
and
full of
Lice ; they had no Religion amongO: them ;
for
they worfhipped no–
thing,
unlefs it were the Flefh of fome Animal ; of which they were
fo
ravenou ,
that
wherefoever they
found
any carrion, flefh of Horfe or Mare,
or
any thing
elfe corrupted and ftinking, they would eat and devour it with the greateft pleafure
and appetite
in
the World
:
So
that
it
is very probable , that fuch a
fort
of
Beafis
as
thefe, were eafily fubdued, and reduced
to
obedience.
.
From hence the
Inca
marched to another Nation called
Pa.ftu,
as vile and
for–
did as the former, differing onely from them
in
this, that they would by no means
be perfuade to eat Flefh, faying, That they were not Dogs. Thefe being eafily
reduced to the obedience of the
Inca,
Inftrm.9:ors were appointed
for
them to teach
them the manner of living after the rational manner, impofiog on them the Tri–
bute of Lice,
that
fo they might
ke~p
rhemfelves clean, and
in
health.
.
From
Paftu
they proceeded to another Province called
Otavallu,
the Inhabi–
tants
whereof were much more Political and Warlike than the others. Thefe
having made fome little refiftence againfr the
Inca,
did foon yield, finding that
·
th~y
were not able to defend themfelves
ag~infi
that Potent Prince:
And having here made due provifion to fecure the Countrey, the
Inca
procee–
ded to another Province called
Caranque,
the people of which were molt barba–
rous
in
their life and manners; they adored Tygers, and Lions, and great Ser–
pents,
offering the hearts
and
blond of Men in their Sacrifices : Making War
upon
their Neighbours, onely for the fake of
War
and Enemies,
that
they might
· have
fuch as they might kill and eat. At
firfi
they made
great
oppofition a–
gainfl:
the
Inca,
but being repulfed, they foon difcovered their errour, and
in
a
few
days furrendred at difcretion.
Huayna
Capac
ordained and confiimred Ma–
fiets to teach and
infl:ruet
them
in
their Idolatrous
W
orfhip,
and
in
the rules of
a
Mora~e,
forbidding them to acknowledge any other Idol but the Sun,
or facri–
fice the
loud of Men, or eat humane fle{h; which lafr was the rno!l: grievous of
any
to th
m,
becaufe they were ofany thing the moft ravenous of
that.
Thus
far
the Conquefi of thofe Provinces extended on that fide, which bordered on the
l(ingdom
~f
f2.!!_itu.
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